Tuesday, April 24, 2007

The 27th New York Orchid Show

I've been going for years but this was the first time I came home with 3 orchids!!!

Now I have to figure out how to paint them!Look! A Granny Smith Apple green orchid...Tell me if you know the correct name.I don't know any names or anything about how to take care of my new orchids...But Google will help I'm sure. They always have an exhibit upstairs of the prize winners from The New York Orchid Society..Downstairs they sell the plants...

Back in the 1980s we were doing an ad for a heating company and we used an orchid for the photo shoot. We had to borrow it from the RHS and have it insured. Now you can buy them anywhere. What happened. Stunning photographs Carol.

I didn't get my subscrition in my email today and tried your blog site to check if you put something up and couldnt get on. I FINALLY did and look what I was missing. WOW.. FANTASTIC painting and ORCHIDS I love them. Always went to the orcid show in CA the the South Coast plaza and owned a few.. Tempermental bugars. I only brought one with me when we moved to OR. It has bloomed once in our sunroom since we moved here... I think It needs more mositure around it. They dont like their feet sitting in water and they dont like alot of watering but they like being set on pebbles with water in them just not so they soak it up in the roots as they rot. You feed them when they arent blooming. Thats about all I know. Lovely blog today.Cris in OR

Coincidentally, I went to the Wild Animal Park in Escondido, CA a couple of weeks ago where they had an orchid display. The variety and kaleidescope colors were amazing, like your photos! Thanks for sharing.

Your picture in beatiful. I love orchids and have been to that show before. The flowers go on forever....I have owned several wonderful orchids...but I have trouble keeping them alive and blooming. Oh well.

I almost screamed as I scrolled down your wonderful page of color plays and happened upon all those orchids. You see, I LOVE orchids. I know absolutely nothing about them, but they practically make me swoon. What a treat!

These are really beautiful flowers. I envy you that you got to take these orchids home with you. I will have to go to the new york orchid show and see if I can walk home with some beautiful orchid plants. The granny smith apple orchid is my favorite type of orchid and my favorite color.

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